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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Mindbody

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AMindbody is business management software for gyms and spas, as well as fitness and yoga studios built around appointment scheduling and online bookings and calendaring, from the company of the same name in San Luis Obispo, California. Notably, the platform also contains marketing automation to maintain club member engagement, and enrollment.

    $129

    per month

    Vend

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AVend is a cloud-based point-of-sale and retail management platform. The vendor says it’s used by retailers of all types and sizes to create the ultimate customer experience and manage sales, inventory, customers and more. Vend also works offline and it automatically resyncs the user’s sales once they are back up online. The vendor offers a free 30-day trial and no credit card is required.N/A
    Pricing
    MindbodyVend
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $129
    per month
    Accelerate
    $259
    per month
    Ultimate
    $399
    per month
    Ultimate Plus
    $599
    per month
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    Pricing Offerings
    MindbodyVend
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    77%
    Would buy again
    24 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    65%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    77%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    69%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    68%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
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    Square POS
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    MindbodyVend
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.6
    (39 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    7.8
    (23 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    MindbodyVend
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Mindbody
    Mindbody excels in areas that rely on the "bread and butter" of its design: scheduling, member management, and payment processing. Overall as a fitness center management solution, Mindbody is by far the best product we have used and they have evolved their capabilities in good alignment with our needs as well.
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    Vend
    Vend was great fit for this dry cleaner/laundry that had high traffic volume with customers stopping in before and after work. Things need to be done quickly.
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    Pros
    Mindbody
    • Mindbody does a great job of sending out reminder emails to clients so they do not miss a class.
    • Mindbody does a great job at giving instructors a fast and easy way to check in clients and to see who is all signed up for their classes for the week.
    • Mindbody has a great payroll feature. All you have to do is set the dates and it generates a nicely laid out PDF of all the classes you taught during that time period and what you have made from them.
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    Vend
    • Retail sales
    • Inventory management
    • Sales and promotions
    • Reporting
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    Cons
    Mindbody
    • There is so much functionality and not enough accountability. I wish there were more tracking of all transactions done on the clients or operations end to be able to review history and learn from mistakes.
    • The Mindbody branded app connection needs more attention.
    • Please add a covid vaccination checker to the application (not just to use in the web browser). It has taken way too long to get this feature.
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    Vend
    • It would be nice to have alternate ways to adjust prices
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    Usability
    Mindbody
    Settings are often buried, user interface rules vary depending on whether it's a newer feature or an older one. From daily usage, people learn how it works and get used to it, but it's not something someone could just pick up without any training or hand-holding.
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    Vend
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    Reliability and Availability
    Mindbody
    Constant errors and TERRIBLE PRODUCT support
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    Vend
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Mindbody
    Fails at everything form availability to reliability.
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    Vend
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    Support Rating
    Mindbody
    Mindbody support takes forever to get back to you via email in my experience. The process is not as simple as it was back when they had the chat feature. I really wish they would bring that back! Most items are normally some weird glitch that they can fix in minutes but you have to wait days now.
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    Vend
    Not much support needed but they were fast and helpful when it was.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Mindbody
    Mindbody is really the only system of its kind that is widely used by fitness and yoga studios. Its app is the industry standard for looking up and signing up for classes, so most students rely on it exclusively. If there were another viable alternative it would have to promise more ease of use and intuitive backend.
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    Vend
    Vend is much more capable than Square POS for product management and inventory control. ShopKeep is fairly similar to Vend but is a more closed ecosystem with fewer third-party integrations and less frequent updates.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Mindbody
    Constant errors and ZERO support from the company.
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    Vend
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Mindbody
    • I've had agents help me set something up that ended up costing time and money because it was done wrong. [In my experience], less senior agents need to stop guessing or going with "I think so" and talk to a senior agent to make sure what they are telling the client is correct.
    • The app is good exposure.
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    Vend
    • Correct inventory levels has been a game-changer. We use to oversell because of inconsistencies between POS and e-commerce sales.
    • The built-in loyalty program has been very useful and was much more appealing to customers than we originally predicted.
    Incentivized
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